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The module LZ4MBS

Dim m As String = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Lorem ipsum dolor site amat."

// make sure encoding is set
m = ConvertEncoding(m, encodings.UTF8)

// compress
Dim c As String = LZ4MBS.Compress(m)

// decompress
Dim d As String = LZ4MBS.Decompress(c)

// set encoding after decompressing
d = DefineEncoding(d, encodings.UTF8)

// and check
If d = m Then
  MsgBox "Text match"
Else
  MsgBox "Text doesn't match"
End If

• method Compress(InputData as MemoryBlock) as MemoryBlock
• method Compress(InputData as Ptr, Size as Integer) as MemoryBlock
• method Compress(InputData as string) as string
• method CompressFast(InputData as MemoryBlock, Acceleration as Integer = 1) as MemoryBlock
• method CompressFast(InputData as Ptr, Size as Integer, Acceleration as Integer = 1) as MemoryBlock
• method CompressFast(InputData as string, Acceleration as Integer = 1) as string
• method CompressHC(InputData as MemoryBlock, compressionLevel as Integer = 9) as MemoryBlock
• method CompressHC(InputData as Ptr, Size as Integer, compressionLevel as Integer = 9) as MemoryBlock
• method CompressHC(InputData as string, compressionLevel as Integer = 9) as string
• method Decompress(CompressedData as MemoryBlock, UncompressedSize as Integer = 0) as MemoryBlock
• method Decompress(CompressedData as Ptr, Size as Integer, UncompressedSize as Integer = 0) as MemoryBlock
• method Decompress(CompressedData as string, UncompressedSize as Integer = 0) as string
• method LibVersion as string
• const AccelerationDefault = 1
• const MaxInputSize = &h7E000000

Compression Levels

Blog Entries

• MBS Xojo Plugins, version 21.1pr7
• MBS Xojo Plugins, version 19.5pr1
• MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS Xojo Plugins in version 19.4
• MBS Xojo Plugins, version 19.4pr6
• LZ4 Extremely fast compression for Xojo

Videos

• XDC 2020 MBS Plugins Presentation

Release notes

• Version 21.1
  • Fixed an issue with LZ4MBS decompression failing.
• Version 19.5
  • Added CompressFast and CompressHC methods to LZ4MBS module and new constants.
• Version 19.4
  • Added LZ4MBS module.

The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS Compression Plugin.